A DAUGHTER is continuing her father’s selfless charity work after he finally lost his battle with cancer on New Year’s Eve.

When a senior lecturer University of Westminster Nigel Bradley, of Wellesley Road, Harrow, was diagnosed with cancer, he didn’t want people to spend money on get well soon cards.

Instead, he began raising money for a borehole to be built in Gambia to provide water for locals.

But by the time it was built, Nigel was too ill to visit the site himself, so daughter Isabelle, who was 16 at the time, went on his behalf.

“I experienced exactly what life was like over there,” the 19-year-old said. “My father wanted me to realise that the life we live isn’t as easy as some places in the world. I grew a love for everyone out there and realised so much more can be done.”

When Nigel died, aged 54, the family found many people wanted to donate to the cause which had meant so much to him, so Isabelle set up a fundraising website which raised more than £3,000 for her father’s favourite charity, WaterAid.

Isabelle said: “He made a difference and touched so many peoples lives. Getting to this amount is amazing but there is always so much more we can do.”

Nigel was a senior lecturer in marketing at The University of Westminster, where he had worked since 1996, and was widely published in his field.

A university spokesman said he was a popular colleague and said: “During his long fight with cancer Nigel was an inspiration to all.

“His courage, forbearance and dignity in coping with his illness and in dealing with the side-effects of the various treatments was exemplary and left an indelible impression on all who had the privilege to know him.”

Alongside his daughter, Nigel left behind his son Jonathan and his wife Alison who he married in 1991.

Isabelle, a student at Sheffield University, believes his legacy is living on through the continued fundraising.

She said: “He was a man who cared about everyone else before himself. Although he’s not here anymore he’s made an impact on other people’s lives.”

Floods of donations from friends and colleagues have poured in and Ipsos MORI and the British Academy of Graphology each donated £100 in gratitude for the work Nigel did for them over the years.